At least three rockets were fired from Lebanon towards Israel on Thursday, security forces in Lebanon said.
Israel confirmed the reports but said no damage or casualties were caused.
“A short while ago, three rockets were fired from Lebanon into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of northern Israel,” the Israeli military tweeted.
A spokesperson for UNIFIL, the UN peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon told The National that it was verifying from where the rockets were launched, and urged restraint.
"UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Del Col is in touch with both parties urging maximum restraint and to cooperate with UNIFIL in order to prevent further escalation.
"Our troops are on the ground working in cooperation with LAF [Lebanese Armed Forces".
A separate Israeli statement said that the rockets landed off the coast of Galilee.
"According to protocol, no sirens were sounded."
Air raid sirens only sound when attacks are on course to hit populated areas.
A Hezbollah spokesperson refused to comment on the strikes.
It was unclear who was responsible for the attack launched from the Qlayleh area north of Naqoura, near the border with Israel.
South Lebanon is home to Palestinian militant factions as well as the powerful Shiite Hezbollah group.
Hezbollah controls a vast arsenal of rockets and missiles and fought a bloody 34-day war with Israel in 2006 – six years after their bloody insurgency forced Israel to withdraw from Lebanon after a years-long occupation of the south.
The attack comes amid the bloodiest outbreak of violence between Israel and Palestinian factions in Gaza since the last war in 2014.
At least 87 have been killed in Gaza, including 18 children and eight women, while seven have been killed in Israel, including one soldier.
Over 530 Palestinians have been wounded in the blockaded strip since fighting started on Monday evening.
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Rescuers and others in the rubble in front of Al Shorouq tower that collapsed after being hit by an Israeli air strike, in Gaza City. AFP -
Sunrise through a haze of cloud and smoke after an Israeli strike on Gaza City. AP -
A man walks past the rubble of the destroyed Al Shorouq tower after an Israeli strike in Gaza City. EPA -
People survey the damage on a street after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City. AP -
Smoke from the Israeli air strike on Al Shorouq tower in Gaza City. EPA -
Israeli police patrol during clashes between Arabs, police and Jews, in the mixed town of Lod. As rockets from Gaza streaked overhead, Arabs and Jews fought each other on the streets below. Rioters torched vehicles, a restaurant and a synagogue. AP -
Israeli troops during clashes with Palestinian protesters in the West Bank city of Hebron. EPA -
Rockets launched from the Gaza Strip streak towards Israel. AP -
Israeli troops during clashes with Palestinian protesters in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. EPA -
A Palestinian man at a hospital in Gaza City, where those injured or killed in Israeli air strikes are transferred. AFP -
Smoke and flames from an Israeli air strike on a building in Gaza City. AP -
Palestinian protesters in the West Bank city of Hebron, where they clashed with Israeli troops. EPA -
Smoke billows from an explosion following an Israeli airstrike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP -
An Israeli Apache attack helicopter releases flares near Sderot, in southern Israel, on the border with the Gaza Strip. AFP -
Israeli artillery soldiers prepare propelling charges for a howitzer at the border with Gaza. EPA -
Some from rockets fired towards Israel by Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas billows in the air in Gaza City. AFP
